What can you change caster sugar to in a recipe to have more fiber?

Answer 1

There are no alternatives to sugar which will add more fibre. (Since honey, syrup and various brown sugars are all virtually fibreless). However you can find recipes that will substitute some kind of fruit or vegetable puree in exchange for part of the sugar - think of carrot cake recipes, or a beetroot based "Devil's food cake" (Bo Frieberg's "The Professional Pastry Chef"), or Nigella Lawson's courgette cake, or apple puree used in chocolate brownies (In an Australian Woman's Weekly cookbook) . Also, you can change white flour for wholemeal fairly easily, but you will lose some of the 'lightness' in the recipe. You would also need to add a little more liquid if you decide to substitute white flour with wholemeal. An alternative would be to add a little oatbran to your cooking, but only if some flour is included in the recipe.